Grid2+clique… It allows me to bind all my mouse buttons to any spell and i use them over the raidframe addon (grid2) which track my heals, debuff, sone buffs ect…
I use the standard raid interface for 5-people groups and click on my rectangles and cast some healz with the keyboard :>
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Yes, it does. I’ve been healing with a controller since halfway into 8.2. I healed +20s in S4, healing 14/15s now, no issue.
Not really, no. The reaction time is the same. Precision with the mouse can be better, but my dexterity with a mouse has always been bad, so controller works fine. I adjusted the size of my unit frames, so I have plenty of leeway.
I rarely need more than 30 binds, and the few things that don’t fit into that, aren’t important enough, so I just shove them into an oPie ring.
Same can happen with a miscalibrated mouse, so I’m not sure what you’re getting at? I can adjust the speed of the cursor movement, I can resize my frames, I can practice to have better precision.
(I also healed plenty of BGs and a bunch of Mythic Ny’alotha 3-boss PuGs with a controller. Group size doesn’t matter.)
That’s a misconception. A controller isn’t any worse than keyboard+mouse, and in some situations, even better. For example, I can’t use a traditional mouse, because my hands will hurt after ~15 minutes, so it’s trackball for me if I need to use a mouse-like device. That works too, but with a controller, I can just lay back on my couch and game from a very comfortable position, without ever moving my hands. From an ergonomic point of view, it’s far superior, imo.
When it is set up well, and you got used to it, it’s perfectly fine to perform any role in WoW.
Like I said before, I healed up to 20s in BfA S4 (10s in S3). I tanked up to 16s, DPSed some too (but I hate playing a DPS role, so that was like +8-9s only :P). In SL, I healed and tanked up to 15s. Both work fine. I can perform my role, use my utilities, do DPS on the side, and so on and so forth - just like with a keyboard, except I find controller more comfortable.
Works great both as reactive and proactive healer: I was Mistweaver main in BfA, druid in SL, but I have max level priest & shammy too. Can comfortable bind and play any of them.
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It really is! I use the razor naga trinity, although because they’re detachable buttons, they don’t always work. Be careful when buying a mouse like that, they’re very expensive. 
I use mouseover for everything except for the spells that require precision and aren’t spells used often like BOP and Lay on Hands.
mostly targeting w/ keybinds since im used to it via PvP, and mouseover spells for dungeons but I’m trying to learn to use 4 keybinds to target whole dungeon group as well.
You don’t want to use mouseover heals in PvP, so disregard the players saying to use them in this thread. A lot of PvPers who are successful with use the default Blizzard UI frames for healing.
There are many youtube tutorials which really helps.
It is complex I agree, I spent a good couple of hours setting it up, testing it, tweaking it etc, but once done… it’s my go to healing addon. It’s only complex because of the sheer amount you can do with it.
I use mousemover macros on my fisc priest, also for arena i have specific non target macros on penance and s mend for party
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I just press the buttons and they heal goes on to them, while i can focus the enemy frames.
I gain alot of time healing directly trough macros, dispeling trough macros etc.
For pve i mostly use macro healing for tank and dispell for tank.
Rest i use mouseover!
Mouseover functionality should really be baseline and toggleable for every spell including interupts purge etc
If you are planning to do primarily pvp in arena, i’d argue mouseover macros are not necessary and add an element of tracking your cursor which you don’t have to when you can simply accomplish the same feat by using focus/arena1 macros for example.
I run 2s and i have buttons set up for healing me and healing my partner and then stuff that is offensive which i have for both enemy 1 and enemy 2. My mouse is kept free for targetting stuff like pets or totems where they appear and i know i can target a totem with my mouse whilst casting a heal on my ally easily.
I also make use of help harm modifiers, generally speaking i keep enemies targetted most of the match bu my buttons allow my healing spells to track who is their target so my heals always go to the right place if i prefer rather than defaulting to me or my partner. It also means i’m always ready to begin bursting the current target without slacking on healing.
Down to preference really I find. I never could mesh with healing addons despite trying.
Raid/party frames turned off.
Friendly and enemy nameplates on.
Class colors disabled.
Stacking nameplates.
No addons.
No macros.
Click n tab target.
Press heal.
No healing addons or macros
Good old fashion select target and press heal key
I also just click. And I do raid and mythic +. Works perfectly.
I use addon clique. Even in arenas even though it sucks for that purpose, because I’m lazy and my team doesn’t complain. It’s not like we’re going any decent rating anyway lol.
Mouseover with addons. Easiest way.
why wouldnt you want to use mouseovers for pvp? It works fine with the default ui. much better that clicking your target and then healing
i mostly use the same method i always used … keybindings/macros and portraits…
i will say though… anyone can use keybinds/macros and click portraits … anyone can use mouseover(i dont)
the thing which makes a healer good compared to other healers is simple really…
know the mechanics… and know when to pre prep for hard phases .
people say healing is the hardest job in this game…
i will say different… once you know the mechanics and know exactly the best way to deal with them… healing is the most easy of the roles.
it also allows for a lot of freedom once you get good at it … you can help with dps or offtank or even tank if the tank dies… depending on whatever you are feeling at the time… because you’ll be confident that nothing will kill you as you know absolutely everything they have to throw at you and you have it covered.
Mouseover with Grid.
Because it relies on your cursor being in a certain position to work which means that if a situation occurs where your cursor shifts due to whatever, your heal may misfire and cost you the game.
it is far more sensible to rely on generic targetting/focus macros for arena than mouseover, as it is much harder to balls up pressing a button than it is to balls up having your cursor in the right place and then pressing a button.
TBH in most games you won’t need every ability anyway, just some, so it helps you have buttons for £every occasion" on the side and you simply drag out the most reliable ones as you need them. I’ve never found a need to use mouseover+shift or whatever to save space and all of my regularly used buttons are within reach- and that’s even when i have most of my beneficial spells duped (one for me, one for my partner).
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